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Stamford Hill campaigners blast Hackney transport policies for ‘upending lives’ of Charedi community 

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 31 January 2025 at 13:47

New task force launched amid ‘growing frustration’ with delays caused by LTNs, street closures and bus lanes

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Make Awaab’s Law apply to private landlords, council says

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 30 January 2025 at 18:35

New plans will see Town Hall lobby government to step up enforcement of damp and mould repairs

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Hackney Council votes to lobby government over ‘inhumane’ hostile environment

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 30 January 2025 at 18:15

Town Hall passes motion urging Home Secretary to drop ‘destructive’ measures in rare show of cross-party consensus

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Hackney’s social rent and service charges to rise

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 30 January 2025 at 12:22
Cllr Clayeon McKenzie

Council rents and maintenance fees to rise by 2.7 per cent and 4.8 per cent respectively from 7 April

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London mayor to attend ‘world’s leading real estate event’ on the French Riviera

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 30 January 2025 at 10:24
London Mayor Sadiq Khan

Sir Sadiq Khan to make his first appearance at the annual MIPIM conference in Cannes

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Displaced Travellers dejected after setback in struggle for long-promised pitch

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 29 January 2025 at 14:25

Families moved ahead of 2012 Olympics have faced years of delay and trust has worn thin

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‘Leave us kids alone!’: Hackney forges ahead with school closures as families and staff protest

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 29 January 2025 at 14:10

Controversial plans to shut and merge four schools follows similar spate of closures in 2024

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Firebird, King’s Head Theatre, stage review: ‘A middle-of-the-road tale’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 28 January 2025 at 14:32

This adaptation of the real-life Cold War classic, like the film before it, is lacking in personality

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Hackney Council urges Education Secretary to help with ‘intolerable’ unregistered schools dilemma

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 28 January 2025 at 11:03

Councillors write to Bridget Phillipson as data shows nearly 1,600 youngsters out of safeguarding ‘line of sight’

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‘Frightening’: Hackney renews pleas for housing aid as two thirds of councils fear budget collapse

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 24 January 2025 at 19:22
Saying sorry: Councillor Clayeon Mckenzie

New survey of 76 councils shows majority expect to pause or cancel housing developments to balance books by 2030

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Council under fire for using casual library staff contracts – ‘in tension’ with its own policies

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 24 January 2025 at 11:43
Brian Debus, Hackney Unison chair at library protest

Unison says nearly 25 per cent of hours worked in libraries last November were temporary employees

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Hundreds of council residents ‘suffering’ as heating failures plague Hoxton estates

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 23 January 2025 at 13:31

Housing chief tells residents he is ‘very disappointed’ about his department’s response to outages

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Threat of another cyber attack still ‘very significant’, council warns

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 22 January 2025 at 10:59

Town Hall lays out measures being taken to upgrade IT security

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Hand-woven roundel unveiled at Hackney Downs station to mark new Weaver line

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 20 January 2025 at 22:06
The Weaver line roundel at Hackney Downs station

The Weaver line name ‘celebrates the historical significance of textile industries and communities’ in areas such as Hackney

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‘Heritage crime’: Residents decry vandalism and decay at Old St Mary’s churchyard

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 17 January 2025 at 18:53

Graves opened and graffiti sprayed on walls of Grade II-listed medieval church in Stoke Newington

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‘So proud’: Councillors praise Hackney ice skaters after victory in national competition

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 17 January 2025 at 18:11

Lee Valley London Skating Club team Stardust won first prize at 2025 Britannia Cup last weekend

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London fire chief to retire after five years in post

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 17 January 2025 at 12:23

Mayor Sadiq Khan praises ‘outstanding’ Andy Roe, whose final day in office is yet to be revealed

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Criminal investigation launched into Airbnb key worker home ‘scandal’, council says

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 15 January 2025 at 19:05

Hackney Council and Peabody probing potential fraud over use of ‘affordable’ home billed for disabled key worker

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Council declines to rule out further cuts if government funding falls short

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 14 January 2025 at 19:04

Opposition councillors weigh in with their proposals to help address Hackney’s financial woes

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Independent Socialists launch Hackney People’s Forum in challenge to council’s ‘top-down’ approach

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 13 January 2025 at 18:09

Ex-Labour councillors say ‘people power is coming’ as they champion grassroots-led initiative

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